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    Does anyone know if any of the Biden executive orders include termination of I-485 interviews ?
    PD: 03/2011 (EB2-I) RD: 10/19/20 ND: 11/ 11 /20 BM: 01/12/21 EAD/AP :02/16/21

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mgajsk View Post
    Does anyone know if any of the Biden executive orders include termination of I-485 interviews ?
    Saw this:
    https://www.menendez.senate.gov/imo/...21BillText.pdf

    This contains Removal of country caps and a host of other positive changes. However, its too early to say - the whole bill will be subject to a lot of scrutiny so everything could change.
    Last edited by newyorker123; 02-18-2021 at 07:17 PM.

  3. #1928
    Quote Originally Posted by rainmaker12 View Post
    PD : July 2010 (EB2-I)
    10/21/2020: 485 Filing date
    11/18/2020: 485, 765 131 Receipt notice date
    12/22/2020: Biometric notice date
    01/21/2021 : Biometric appointment (Seattle ASC)
    01/28/2021 : I-765 approved
    02/02/2021 : received EAD/AP card in mail

    Even though me and my spouse had applied together and went for biometric at the same time. Only my EAD/AP has been approved. My spouse status still shows as "Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken" since the biometric appointment. Anyone on the same boat?
    I am in the same boat. My husband and I were both fingerprinted on Jan-5. My EAD was approved on Jan-6 and received soon after. My husband's case status is stuck at "Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken." I consulted my attorney and he advised that we contact the local congressmen and after receiving a response we then file an inquiry with Ombudsman.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ivohra View Post
    I am in the same boat. My husband and I were both fingerprinted on Jan-5. My EAD was approved on Jan-6 and received soon after. My husband's case status is stuck at "Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken." I consulted my attorney and he advised that we contact the local congressmen and after receiving a response we then file an inquiry with Ombudsman.
    We are in the same situation too.
    Priority date EB2 Feb 2010
    Fingerprints Jan 21
    Received my EAD Feb 02
    My husband(primary applicant) hasn?t received EAD either. We thought it may be because he traveled out of the country after filing the applications. We were told the 131 would be rejected and he has to reapply for that.

  5. #1930
    Quote Originally Posted by ivohra View Post
    I am in the same boat. My husband and I were both fingerprinted on Jan-5. My EAD was approved on Jan-6 and received soon after. My husband's case status is stuck at "Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken." I consulted my attorney and he advised that we contact the local congressmen and after receiving a response we then file an inquiry with Ombudsman.
    They are probably just gonna say they are backed up, end of story. Gave my FP in the first week of Dec and still don't have any approval, so I have just given up on that since I am in the process of renewing my H1 again.
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  6. #1931
    Quote Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly View Post
    They are probably just gonna say they are backed up, end of story. Gave my FP in the first week of Dec and still don't have any approval, so I have just given up on that since I am in the process of renewing my H1 again.
    ..and my wife is still waiting for her 485 EAD renewal receipt notice which expires in April. She may have to quit her job

    They are just backed up and the winter storm added some more to it.
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    Same here, FP on 12/04/2020, but not heard back anything for my spouse or myself (NBC service center).

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    Quote Originally Posted by ak7419 View Post
    ..and my wife is still waiting for her 485 EAD renewal receipt notice which expires in April. She may have to quit her job

    They are just backed up and the winter storm added some more to it.
    With all the issues going on in Texas, they have more excuses now to fall back on, keep watching... There are so many avenues available to speed up processing especially collecting fingerprints/photos etc with technology, there is no will or initiative to do that. For example I can go to an authorized center in a rural location and get my TWIC credentials with which I can even fly and is basically the same process, collection of photos and fingerprints to issue a Federal ID. They could streamline a lot of these processes to speed up processing... there is just no will.
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  9. #1934
    Those in Texas - I hope you guys are doing ok. Some of the stories we hear are quite sad.
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  10. #1935
    We are doing ok. Water is out but got the power all these time.
    Snow is melting at a rapid speed here in Austin so no worries... Hoping to melt it by tomorrow (55 F)
    Some days were extremely cold man.
    Managing water is tricky ......

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mgajsk View Post
    Does anyone know if any of the Biden executive orders include termination of I-485 interviews ?
    There is nothing in the EOs to help legal immigrants get GCs faster this year. May be USCIS will do away with interviews , of late many ROW EB2s are being issued GCs and are not being asked to appear for interviews .

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    EAD delay

    Quote Originally Posted by reys03 View Post
    Same here, FP on 12/04/2020, but not heard back anything for my spouse or myself (NBC service center).
    Same with me as well. NBC service center. Gave the finger print on December 2nd and nothing after that.

    We had to start the H1B renewal process because our current H1Bs are valid only till April, 2021!!
    Priority Date: 11/9/2009
    Filed for AOS/ 765/ 131 (RD): 10/20/2020
    Biometrics: 12/2/2020 code 3 for Primary, code 2 for Derivative
    5/17/2021 code 3 for Derivative
    Medical RFER: 4/16/2021
    Service Center: MSC

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    Quote Originally Posted by qesehmk View Post
    Those in Texas - I hope you guys are doing ok. Some of the stories we hear are quite sad.
    We managed without power and water (water pipes were frozen) for three days since Monday, specifically without heater was challenging midst of a record low temperatures, ice and snow. Now we have a moderate weather outside and the power is restored, it may take another few days for the snow to melt down.

    it was a kind of east-cost winter experience for people living in Texas.

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    I would say it was way worse than the East coast or midwest. I have lived in Parsippany, the Boston area, and Chicago suburbs. No matter how worse the snowstorm was we never lost power and the roads were mostly clean.

    tbh, I consider my family and me very lucky as we only had rolling power blackouts and pipes never froze. but a lot of people had extended blackouts, pipes frozen and even houses flooded. They were really affected.
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  15. #1940
    Quote Originally Posted by texas_ View Post
    We are doing ok. Water is out but got the power all these time.
    Snow is melting at a rapid speed here in Austin so no worries... Hoping to melt it by tomorrow (55 F)
    Some days were extremely cold man.
    Managing water is tricky ......
    That's good to know. The problem with water I hear is that there is risk of contamination and so they may have purposefully blocked it to avoid lawsuits. But once the temperaturs are in 50s or 60s life will be much bearable.
    Quote Originally Posted by RVSree View Post
    We managed without power and water (water pipes were frozen) for three days since Monday, specifically without heater was challenging midst of a record low temperatures, ice and snow. Now we have a moderate weather outside and the power is restored, it may take another few days for the snow to melt down.

    it was a kind of east-cost winter experience for people living in Texas.
    I don't know if you have young children but those with small chindren, it must be harrowing. I have heard this first time in my 21 years in US now that Texas had snow. May be they do but I never heard it.
    Quote Originally Posted by mcmilers View Post
    I would say it was way worse than the East coast or midwest. I have lived in Parsippany, the Boston area, and Chicago suburbs. No matter how worse the snowstorm was we never lost power and the roads were mostly clean.

    tbh, I consider my family and me very lucky as we only had rolling power blackouts and pipes never froze. but a lot of people had extended blackouts, pipes frozen and even houses flooded. They were really affected.
    My experience is that states that don't get snow are not at all prepared. They get overwhelmed when it snows. Once I drove from michigan to wisconsin in snow storm. My wife was pregnant and just the two of us in car and we drove in a huge storm all the way. But those states are so well equipped to all kinds of emergencies that we reached wisconsin just fine. Texas is not ready and should not be ready for snow. But I guess global warming is indeed changing the normal.
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  16. #1941
    Quote Originally Posted by qesehmk View Post
    My experience is that states that don't get snow are not at all prepared. They get overwhelmed when it snows. Once I drove from michigan to wisconsin in snow storm. My wife was pregnant and just the two of us in car and we drove in a huge storm all the way. But those states are so well equipped to all kinds of emergencies that we reached wisconsin just fine. Texas is not ready and should not be ready for snow. But I guess global warming is indeed changing the normal.
    Mostly because it does not make any fiscal sense for them to stock or have retainer contracts for salt, trucks, crews etc., if it snows a couple of days or a week in one year. Now if this keeps happening, everyone will be forced to adjust.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly View Post
    Mostly because it does not make any fiscal sense for them to stock or have retainer contracts for salt, trucks, crews etc., if it snows a couple of days or a week in one year. Now if this keeps happening, everyone will be forced to adjust.
    Yes indeed. As I said --- "texas shouldn't be ready" but if this becomes a pattern then we will have to adjust.
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  18. #1943
    Folks,

    Sorry to hijack the thread with a side question. Q can move it to an appropriate thread if needs be.

    A dear relative's daughter has an admit from a good school in the US for her Masters. The situation is: their whole family was supposed to visit the US last year and they all applied for B1/B2 in April 2020. But then COVID19 happened, and the applications remain "pending" to this day.

    The question is - when she does receive her I20 and goes to get her F1 stamped, what happens to this pending application? Does she have to revoke it or can she apply for another nonimmigrant visa while her first application is in limbo? Anyone knows?

    A secondary question: We were hoping she would stay with us for the whole summer, but she thinks she might not be able to travel prior to one month of her program start date. (Getting visa appointment may be another hurdle, but for simplicity, I am not factoring in that issue yet). Anyone knows what the new F1 regulations are?

    Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by sportsfan33 View Post
    Folks,

    Sorry to hijack the thread with a side question. Q can move it to an appropriate thread if needs be.

    A dear relative's daughter has an admit from a good school in the US for her Masters. The situation is: their whole family was supposed to visit the US last year and they all applied for B1/B2 in April 2020. But then COVID19 happened, and the applications remain "pending" to this day.

    The question is - when she does receive her I20 and goes to get her F1 stamped, what happens to this pending application? Does she have to revoke it or can she apply for another nonimmigrant visa while her first application is in limbo? Anyone knows?

    A secondary question: We were hoping she would stay with us for the whole summer, but she thinks she might not be able to travel prior to one month of her program start date. (Getting visa appointment may be another hurdle, but for simplicity, I am not factoring in that issue yet). Anyone knows what the new F1 regulations are?

    Thanks
    We are in exact same situation. My understanding is that everything is visa dependent. And currently visas are not being issued. So the student in our case is waiting for consulate to open in Mumbai. That is a bigger problem than duplicate applications. I imagine the consulates can easily see all prior applications when you make yet another visa application. Applications pending due to COVID delays should have no negative impact.
    Last edited by qesehmk; 02-21-2021 at 11:31 AM.
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    Looks like now we have moved to the end of the month for the visa bulletin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by srimurthy View Post
    Looks like now we have moved to the end of the month for the visa bulletin.
    Yeah, and honestly it doesn't make much difference now, with 90-95% of the people filing AOS in Oct, Nov and Dec using the filing dates. The major function a bulletin now serves at this point is to find out who is current rather than to find out who is eligible to file for AOS.
    Last edited by vsivarama; 02-22-2021 at 03:25 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vsivarama View Post
    Yeah, and honestly it doesn't make much difference now, with 90-95% of the people filing AOS in Oct, Nov and Dec using the filing dates. The major function a bulletin now serves at this point is to find out who is current rather than to find out who is eligible to file for AOS.
    The performance seems to be just hitting the benchmarks for worst, as its now months for receiving receipt numbers, months for receiving bio-metrics letters or appointments or anything. When it is very well known that India and China are backlogged for so many years and every year there are thousands of applications waiting for dates, its just crazy that the dates are moved for file for years without even realizing what is the organizations working capacity.

  23. #1948
    Quote Originally Posted by srimurthy View Post
    Looks like now we have moved to the end of the month for the visa bulletin.
    They are releasing it a month apart, just that the release date has shifted. You can argue that it's only three weeks since the last one got released. Of course if someone is in a pinch to gather documentation, the extra couple of weeks available before the end of the next month following the bulletin could be huge. Unfortunately I don't think there is anything in law which states the visa bulletin is to be released by certain timelines.
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  24. #1949
    Quote Originally Posted by Turbulent_Dragonfly View Post
    They are releasing it a month apart, just that the release date has shifted. You can argue that it's only three weeks since the last one got released. Of course if someone is in a pinch to gather documentation, the extra couple of weeks available before the end of the next month following the bulletin could be huge. Unfortunately I don't think there is anything in law which states the visa bulletin is to be released by certain timelines.
    When the Visa bulletin was released for Oct 2020, the Filing Dates were set to MAY-15-2011 for EB2I and JAN-1-2015. Assumption is based on the spillover, there are 261,500 visas to give in the new financial year and these dates represent where things would potentially look like a year from the date. Would it be the case that given the loads USCIS is seeing and the applications it has received, the next Visa bulletin change the Filing date to say May 2010 for EB2 and EB3 because of lack of processing capacity ? Or do we expect this Filing Date be the date of MAY-15-2011 and JAN-1-2014 that will be hit by Oct 2021?

  25. #1950
    In trackitt I see people with PD of Aug 2010 EB2 and May 2011 EB2, who filed in October getting medical RFE. This is a positive indication but we can’t tell for sure unless more people get the RFE.

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